The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-22

FIVE hundred ex-Russian Jews held a
meetingi in New York City the other night
10 protest against the proposed Russo
American treaty. Several nlhilists made
speeches.
DURING a fire in New York City the other
night two hremen were seriously hurt by a
fan down an elevator shaft, and two were
rendered unconscious by smoke. Eighty
thousand dollars worth Of damage was
DONE
THE demand of laborers at the rolling
mill Of the Pottsville (Pa.) Iron and Steel
Company for 10 per cent. advance being re-
fused, the men struck The mill has shut
down indefinitely in consequence. and zoo
hands arc thrown out OF employment.
THE old house of Kirkpatrick, Kinsey g.
Co., tanners, of Philadelphia, has sus-
pended. The liabslities are reported to be
100000.
TIE Pennsylvania House has passed tho
Brooks High License bill without amend
ment. It provides that the license in cities
Of the first, second and third class shall be
$500; in all other cities $500; in borOughs
$3.50 and in townships SO.
FIRE IN the New York State prison at
Sing Sing destroyed the upper part of the
laundry recently. The prisoners behaved
well.
THE New York East Methodist conference
has refused TO indorse the Prohibition or
any other prrty.
FIVE cattle afflicted with pleuro-pneumo-
MIA were killed on a farm near Lancaster,
Pa, the other day.
The railway time convention of the
United States began in New York City on
the 18th.
THE Bulletin Of the American Iron and
Steel Association boldly charges fraudu-
lent undervaluatiOns Of iron and steel i'm
portations, particularly in New York City,
but gives no facts to back its statement.
THREE bones, right leg below tho knee,
foot, thigh bone, and tho pelvis bone
sawed or We're found burned and black
ened in the yard of Mrs. Wilbur at Fail
River, Mass, the other morning. The bones
were evidently those Of a female, and the
pelvis and the size of the foot indicated
young woman.
AN aged Irishman known as "Blind Tom, -
who lost his sight while IN the army and has
been receiving pension of $24 per month";
dropped dead in "a New York saloon the
other day on receiving notice from Wash
ington that he was entitled to 81, ,OO0 arrears
Of pension and would hereafter receive SIS
per month
J. T. TAYLOR, aged sixty, his wife and
son, Owen, aged seventeen, were struck
and instantly killed by an Erie train at a
crossing four miles east of Waverly, n. Y,
on the 18TH Taylor was a wealthy farmer
THE steamer Chandagore, from Mar
seilles France, was ordered to quarantine
at New York recently because of the pres
ence of smallpox. She had ,250 steerage
passengers.
THE Pennsylvania Senate has finally
passed the joint resolution proposing Il
woman's suffrage constitutional amend
ment-yeas, %; nays, rs. The ladies' gal
lery ywas crowded during the vote.
THE Bethlehem (Pa) Iron Works Com
pany has been awarded the contract for
furnishing 400 tons OF steel gun forgings
and 45JO tons of steel armOr plates TO the
navy at cost of S45l2 93S.
THE non-Union longshoremen employed at
Havemeyer's and Elders sugar houses,
Brooklyn, NY, struck the other day for
the union rate OF wages.
THE Knights oil Labor in the Pittsburgh
district have formed national district as
sembly OF iron and steel workers, starting
with twenty local assemblies.
AN anti-coercion meeting was held the
other night by Irishmen and sympathsers
in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Ad-
dresses were delivered, letters Of regret
were read from Governor Hin and others,
and the usual resolutions passed and ordered
sent 20 Mr. Gladstone
BIsuoP HARKINs, the Catholic prelate Of
Providence, r.. l., was Consccrated on the
l4th by Archbishop Williams, Of Boston.
THE Boston Herald states that Mrs. Sarah
y. Howe, Of the woman's bank fame, has
absconded with $4,000 of the depositors'
money.
JAMESTOWN, n. Y, was reported infested
with crooks OF various kinds. Four burg
laries occurred in one night.
GEoRGE GARDNER, of Acton, Mass, has
failed with SEQ, 900 liabilities and unlznown
assets.
A LARGE fire was in progress at kenne-
buuKport, Ne, early on the morning Of the
10TH Half Of the business section Of the
town was consumed.
A PARTY o. unknown mon raided the Of
flee Of the OCT at Troy, n. ", the other
morning. The foreman, Carlos b. Conaut,
was beat over the head with clubs until he
wac unconscious. They pied the type,
dumped the cases and racks, the composing K
stones were broken and general chaos cre-
ated. Recently the Ori was noted for its
attacks on tho Knights of Labor
THE New England brick works at Daven-
port, Mass, burned recently. Loss heavy.